Category Archives: Biology Semester 1

Students are to complete their work on the skeletomuscular system and make a T-Chart to identify the structures and functions of the digestive system.

Students are to complete their project on the stages of mitosis by drawing, labeling, and explaining the cellular activities of each stage. We will also review our study guide on the cell cycle that includes the interphase stage (G1, S … Continue reading →

Students will observe, draw, and explain each of the four stages of mitosis, namely, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Furthermore, students will use the stage of the interphase as their starting point to understand the process of cell division known … Continue reading →

Each student will have an opportunity to draw, label, and explain the stages of cell division based upon the nuclear division process known as mitosis as a precursor to the detailed process of sexual cell division known as meiosis. This … Continue reading →

Per our district agreement, it has been decided to do the asexual nuclear cell division process (mitosis) this semester and begin next semester with the sexual nuclear cell division process (meiosis). Therefore, we will explain and identify the stages of cell … Continue reading →

Students are to simulate the pairing of homologous chromosomes as they will cut out 23 pictures of chromosomes and attempt to match each chromosome with its homologue. Students will use the size, shape, and the banding regions on each of the chromosomes to … Continue reading →

Students will reinforce the structure of a chromosome and compare it to other organisms such as prokaryotes. Furthermore, students will be able to identify the key parts of a chromosome, determine the sex of an individual, and examine the differences … Continue reading →

As we embark on cellular reproduction we will tackle the structure of the chromosome, identify differences in its structure between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, as well as distinguish between a diploid cell and a haploid cell  in terms of the chromosomal … Continue reading →

We will complete answering and correcting the Science Notebook Reading Guide pages 83 and 84. We will then reinforce the Reading Guide through an analysis of the process of ion formation to understand how ions tend to gain or lose … Continue reading →

TEST ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012: CELLULAR RESPIRATION THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS  On Tuesday, students will be evaluated upon the two life processes, photosynthesis and cellular respiration. The students will be examined upon how these two processes are interrelated in terms of … Continue reading →